Flight Path board names new officers

The Flight Path Learning Center and Museum at Los Angeles International Airport has appointed this year’s board officers.

Rowena Ake of Westchester was re-elected president and board chair of Flight Path during a recent meeting of the nonprofit organization’s board of directors.

Ake has served as Flight Path president since 1999. A resident of the Westchester-Playa del Rey area since 1952, she is past president of the Westchester Rotary Club and the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce.

Ake, who is a charter member of the Westchester Vitalization Corp., was proprietor of a local dry cleaning business for 40 years and more recently has worked as a real estate broker.

The Flight Path board also re-elected Ethel L. Pattison of Manhattan Beach and Vincent Migliazzo of Westchester as vice presidents, John Garstka of Westchester as chief financial officer, Jo Ann Hudspeth of Playa del Rey as treasurer, and Nancy Niles of Pacific Palisades as corporate secretary. Robert Acherman of Torrance was appointed to fill a new board position, vice president of electronic communications.

Flight Path is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the LAX Imperial Terminal, 6661 W. Imperial Highway, Los Angeles. Admission and parking are free.